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By Mary Eddy OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Andrew Warren and Rania Warren’s Raise Cain announced his presence on the Road to the Kentucky Derby with an emphatic open-lengths score for trainer Ben Colebrook in Saturday’s Grade 3, $300,000 Gotham, a one-turn mile for 3-year-olds, at Aqueduct...

By Mike Willman —- FOUR-TIME ECLIPSE AWARD WINNER JAVIER CASTELLANO WINS 2023 GEORGE WOOLF MEMORIAL JOCKEY AWARD VIA A NATIONWIDE VOTE OF HIS PEERS WOOLF MEMORIAL AWARD CEREMONY TO BE HELD AT SANTA ANITA THIS SPRING ARCADIA, Calif. (March 2, 2023)—A four-time Eclipse Award...

By David Joseph —- Barbara Livingston Photo Boulanger Remembers Built for Pleasure Upset Fountain of Youth Winner Paid $288 HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – By late February of 1996, South Florida’s betting public had seen plenty of a nondescript horse named Built for Pleasure....

Ron Correll Senior columnist Tracksideview —- TRINITY, Fla. – The Grade 2 Rebel Stakes at Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Ark., produced the first colt with a guaranteed spot in the starting gate on the first Saturday in May. Confidence Game picked up 50 points toward...

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Photo credit: Coady Photography Big Late Charge Puts Wet Paint in the Honeybee Stakes Winner’s Circle HOT SPRINGS, AR (Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023) – Over a wet track, Godolphin’s Wet Paint unveiled a masterpiece by storming from last to first in Saturday’s...

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Photo credit: Coady Photography CONFIDENCE GAME UPSETS REBEL STAKES AT 18-1 HOT SPRINGS, AR (Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023) – A colt from a family bred for success in Hot Springs shuffled the deck on the Kentucky Derby trail when Don’t Tell My Wife Stables’...

By Jim Gluckson —- BREEDERS’ CUP ANNOUNCES DEL MAR AS HOST SITE FOR 2024 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 41ST Breeders’ Cup to be held at Del Mar near San Diego, California for the Third Time DEL MAR, Calif., Feb. 23, 2023 — The Breeders’ Cup, Thoroughbred racing’s year-end...

By David Joseph —- Lauren King Photo Classy Edition Turns Tables on Kathleen O. in G2 Royal Delta HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Robert and Lawana Low’s Classy Edition, second to Kathleen O. in last year’s Davona Dale (G2), turned the tables on the 4-5 favorite in Saturday’s...

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Photo credit: Coady Photography LAST SAMURAI PULLS MILD UPSET IN SATURDAY’S $600,000 RAZORBACK (G3) HOT SPRINGS, AR (Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023) – Willis Horton Racing LLC’s 2022 Oaklawn Handicap (G2) winner Last Samurai proved he’s a horse for the course...

By Kevin Kilroy —- Pioneer of Medina Wins Thriller in Grade 3, $250,000 Mineshaft Stakes ● Two Emmys Decisively Wins Grade 3, $150,000 Fair Grounds Stakes ● Evan Sings Rallies for 3/4-Length Victory in $100,000 Colonel Power Stakes ● Godolphin 1-2 in $100,000 Albert M....